Daddy Cleanhead

{{short description|American singer}}

Fred Higgins (died 1960s), known as Daddy Cleanhead, was an American singer. He was known for singing "Something's Goin' On In My Room" (1954).{{cite web |url=http://www.soulgeneration.co.uk/excavations8.htm |title=A roundup of some of my current favourite southern 45's |work=soulgeneration |accessdate=23 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209093252/http://www.soulgeneration.co.uk/excavations8.htm |archivedate=9 February 2010 }} Gary Susman of The Boston Phoenix describes the record an "obscure gem".{{cite web |url=http://weeklywire.com/ww/03-01-99/boston_music_clips.html |title=Colin James and the Little Big Band II |first=Gary |last=Susman |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=March 1, 1999 |accessdate=October 18, 2016}}

He was the older brother of Chuck Higgins and regularly sang vocals with his brother's band.{{cite web |url=http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/chuck_higgins.htm |title=CHUCK HIGGINS |first=Dik |last=de Heer |work=This Is My Story |accessdate=23 December 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/06/chuck_higgins.html |title=Chuck Higgins: Pachuko Hop |first=Andrew |last=Male |accessdate=23 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612102313/http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/06/chuck_higgins.html |archivedate=12 June 2009 }}

He was recorded with them on the following singles

• "Broke" / "I'll Be There" (1954){{cite web |url=http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/chuckhiggins.htm |title=Chuck Higgins Discography |first=Pete |last=Hoppula |date=January 11, 2009 |website=Koti.mbnet.fi |accessdate=23 December 2009 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604173723/http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/chuckhiggins.htm |url-status=dead }}
• "One More Time" / "Dye Ooh Mambo" (1954)
• "Papa Charlie" (1954)
• "Something's Goin' On In My Room" / "Let Me Come Back Home" (1955) Specialty Records
• "Shotgun Wedding"

and on the following songs from albums

• Big Fat Mama (1974)
• Papa Charlie (2006)
• Real Gone Hound Dog (2006)

and is included in the compilation

• Cool Daddy—The Central Avenue Scene 1951-1957, Vol.3